Hydraulic governor control



June1251945. @.RRQCHE 32,378,158

YDRAULIC` GOVERNOR CONTROL x l I Filed June 26, 1942 Patented June 1,2,- 1945 vUNITI-:D "STATES "PATENT 2,378,158 l f HYDRAULIC Go-vERNon corr-moi.

Clifton R. Roche, Los Angeles, Calif. i Application June 26, 1942, serial No. 448,599

4 Claims.

The present application is a.'continuation-inpart of my prior application Serial Number 353,253, filed on the 19th day`of August, 194Q.

One of the objects of my invention is to providea governor which iny response to speed values, will vary the pressure of a fluid that may be Aused to control other mechanisms.

A further object of my invention is to provide a governor with means for adjusting while in operation, to various relations of uid pressures in respect to speed values.

Further objects and Iadvantages of the'inven- A tion will be made evident throughout the following part of the specication.

Referring to the drawing which is for illustray tive purpose only,

Fig. 1 is a vertically longitudinally sectioned view through a preferred embodiment of my inventina.

Fig. 2 is a, sectioned view of one of the control valves taken on a plane represented by the line 2-2 of Fig. l, but assumed that the valve has been f swung to a vertical position.

Fig. 3 is a sectioned view of an embodiment of my invention having a control valve of diilerent` design than that shown in Fig. 2. One of the valves has been cut away in this view.

Referring to the drawing, my invention includes a governor body I which is mounted for rotation pressure to passage," which leads to the vmechl I anism that is to be controlled by the pressure of the fluid.

'The governor is constructed with arms I2, having extensions I3 upon which may swing members or valve bodies Il. To prevent the centrifugal force from acting to swing thevalve bodies, counterweights` I5 are provided. In each of the valve,

bodies is a valve I6 which is forced against a valve seat IGa, partially by means vof a spring Il, and partially due to the centrifugal force caused by the weight, or mass of the' valve I6 being ro- If the governor is to govern anV -tated about the axis of the shaft 2. The spring' I1, may or may not be used according to the desiredl characteristics. If used, the spring may be held in place by a retainer 28, which may also 5 serve asya'stop for thevalve. f

`A shifting bracket I8 is linked to the valve bodies by'links I9 and pins 20 and 2l, so moving the shifting bracket to the right .will swing the valve to a vertical position whereas moving the shifting bracket to the 'left will swing the valve to a horizontal position., When in the vertical position the full effect of ,the centrifugal 'force acts tothrust the valve against the valve, seat. Whereas when in the horizontal position, none of lo the centrifugal force acts to thrust the valve against the valve seat.`

The governor acts to regulate the fluid pressure, as the passage I l registers with an annular groove 22 which communicates with passages 23 and 24, and through to an annular groove 25 which communicates with a compartment 26 which is above the head of the valve I6, thus allowing the fluid` pressure to act against the head of the valve, and thus' this valve acts as a pressure regulator valve, 25 for when the fluid pressure becomes great enough to overcome the force of the spring Il and thme centrifugal force of the valve, the valve will be forced from its seat I6a allowing the `iluid to escape through holes 21.

The shifting bracket I8 is moved to the right or left by a lever 29, in the end of which is apin 30 with a slotted'head that receives a ring 3| that is part ofthe bracket I8. The lever 29 is fastened to a shaft 32 which extends through to 35 the outside of the housing'33. Outside the housk ing' andr fastened to the shaft 32 is a lever 34. Thus if the lever 34 is rocked the position of the shifting bracket may be changed to the right or i left. p

The lever 34 is an adjusting lever and when .it is`to the left, the shifting bracket will be to the right and the vfulleffect of the centrifugal force. of the valve will act against the valve seat, and thus as the speed of the governorfincreases. the pressure in the passage I I increases, and a definite relation exists between the-pressure in the passage II .and the speed of the governor.

' This relation may be called' the characteristics of n but not as much as when previously explained. Thus the speed-pressure relation is different than when previously explained, and the characteristics of the governor are different.

If the lever 34 is moved far enough to the right, the valve body may move to a horizontal position, as viewed'in Fig. 1, in which case there isy no centrifugal force of the valve acting against the valve seat. Another wayto describe the adjustment `feature of the valve is: due to rotation of the shaft 2, the valve I6, having a mass. causes a centrifugal force to act in a radial direction from the shaft and through the center of gravity of the mass. 'Ihis centrifugal force can be resolved into two component forces, one acting along the axis vof the valve and which effects the operation of the valve, and the other at right angles to the first component force and acts only to force the valve against the side of the valve body and therefore has no appreciable eiect upon 2p the operation of the valve. The magnitude of thel component force that operates the valve is equal to the centrifugal force times the cosine of the angle that is made by the intersection of the axis ofthe valve with the line of direction of the 25 centrifugal force. In Fig. 3, the axis of the valve and the line of direction of the centrifugal force coincide, and the above mentioned angle is therefore 0. The cosine of 0 is 1, therefore the full amount` of the centrifugal force effects the oper- 30` ation of the valve. If the valve is moved 90 `degrecs about the axis shown at B-B theabove mentioned angle is 90 degrees, and since the cosine of 90 degrees is 0, there will be no part of the centrifugal force tending to operate the valve. Thus the governor has a very wide range in char- 1 acteristics. Such a governor is particularly suitable to certain types of automatic, hydraulically controlled, automotive transmissions, and when thus used, the speed of the governor is in re- 40 s ponse to a member of the transmission, whereas the lever 34, determining the characteristics of the governor, is co'nnected to the engine throttle so that the shift from a low ratio to a; higher f `ratio will occurr at a higher speed under heavier throttle conditions.

It is obvious `that thevalve could be installed so as to operate in a range 180 degrees from the position of the valve shown in Fig. l, and Fig.

2; that is, the valve would be up as shown in 5" valve is in the position shown, the full eifect of m the bentrifugal force of the valve acts to control the pressureof the fluid, whereas if the valve is rotatedabout the axis B-B 90, the centrifugal force of the valve'has no effect on the pressure of the fluid. This adjustment may be accom-.- plished'by moving the shifting bracket l8a to the right or left, by means of the ring 3Ia`incooperation with the rlever 29 as has been previously explained. The shifting bracket is vkeyed to the shaft 2a by a key 85, however the shifting bracket may move axially along the key. Inside the shifti ing bracket is a helical slot 36 into which proiectsa pin 31. This pin is securely fastened to the hub .of a small -gear 38. Thus moving the shifting' bracket to the right or left will cause the gear 38 to rotate in respect to the shaft 2a.

The gear 38 meshes with a gear. fastened to the valve body 14a, to cause rotation` of the valve body about the axis B-B. The valve is rotated,

about the axis A-A by means of two brackets or arms 40 and 4|, which are keyed to the shaft 2a by keys 42 and 43.

The fluid from the source of pressure enters as before, through the passage 23a, and then to passages 44 and 45. The controlled pressure leaves the valve through passages 46, 41, and 48.

It is sometimes desireable to control more than one controlling mechanism with different speedpressure characteristics, and when this is desired, the two (or more) valves may be of different weight and have separate passages for the controlled fluid pressure; such a passage 48a is shown in Fig. 3.

The operation of the valve is as follows: The pressure exists in the passage 45. If the valve,

j due to a slight centrifugal force is moved slightly outward (or down as viewed in Fig. 3), a shoulder `49 ofthe valve will allow communication of the pressure intoa compartment 50, and then to the passage 46. 'As soon as pressure exists in compartment 50, it will act upon a head of enlarged diameter 5l of the valve tending to hold the valve up, and when forced up high enough will cause a shoulder 52 to allow the passage 46 to register with an outlet port 53 and thus release all the pressure in passage 46. Thus it is evident that when the centrifugal force is small there will be practically no pressure in the passage 46. On the other hand it is evident that when the centrifugal force tending to force the valve down is great, it will overcome the force of the pressure acting upon the enlarged head ofthe valve and the valve will remain down and thus the pressure will 4be the same in the passages 45 and 46.

v The action of this valve is the same as previously described for the valve shown in Fig. 2.

As the speed increases the pressure in the passages 46, and 48 increases, giving a definite speedpressure relation. This speed-pressure relation may bechanged by changing the position of the valve about the axis B-B. AThis can be done while the governor is in operation by moving the adjusting lever 34.

Although I have herein shown and described my invention in simple and practical form, it is recognized that.certain parts or elements thereof /are representative of other parts, elements, or mechanisms which may be used in substantially the same manner to accomplish substantially the same results; therefore, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to thedetails disclosed herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the following claims.

What I claimis:

1. In a hydraulic governor. control, the com-l bination of a pressure system, means for delivering fluid under pressure to said system, a shaft, an arm extending from said shaft, a valve body Dlvotally mounted on said arm, a pressure regu- L causing a centrifugal force effect on said valve for controlling said valve, and means for l'swinging the valve about its pivotmounting for chang.-l

, ing the saidcentrifugal force effect on said valve.

2. In a hydraulic governor control, the com- 75 bination of a pressure system, a source of fluid -rotates with the valve about the apres-v ernor,

ing :duid under pressure to said system. a govmeansfor rotating the governor responsive to speed of an element oi' the apparatus to'be governed, said governor including a valve body, valve means having a mass within said valvel body and cooperating with said system for co trollingthe pressure'of said system responsive to al centrifugal force caused by speed of rotation ofsaid mass. said centrifugal force having a component iorce acting along the axis of saidv Y valve means for actuating said valve means in governor including a valve rotatable about an axis of rotation for controlling said valve by centrifugal' force giving definite y pressure-speed of rotation characteristics for the governor control, and means for changing the angle oi' the valve in respect to the said axis of rotation for changing the effective centrifugal force acting to ernor control.

4. In a hydraulic governor control, the combination of 'a pressure system. means for deliverresponse to themagnitude of said component force, the 'magnitude yoi! said component force being variable in respect to the magnitude o! said centrifugal -i'orce by the, intersection .of the vaxis of said valve control said valve and thus -changing the pressure-speed of rotationV` characteristics of the govmeans with the line of direction of the said centrifugal force, and adjustable means for varying the said angle for varying the magnitude of said component force in respect to the magnitude of the said centrifugal force, said last named means.

beingcapable of adjustment whilethe governor is in operation.

and related to an angle made 

